Improvement in bridle-winkers



UNITED S'IA'rnsy PATENT OFFICE.,

PATRICK MGFADDEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRlDLE-WINKERS.

Specification forming part of Lrtters Patent No. 164,318, dated June 8, 1875; application filed April 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK MCFADDEN, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle- Winkers 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot' modification. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section through form shown in Fig. l.

The object of my invention is to provide a winker which shall have a raised center, so as not to injure horses eyes, and which shall be constructed without the employment of metal or other equivalent stitfeners to support the leather in its raised position.

My invention consists of a Winker made of two or more sheets of leather having a raised center, produced by stretching the same over a former, said sheets being stitched together in such manner as to prevent their becoming lattened or depressed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A B represent two sheets of leather cut in the shape and size of a winker. These sheets, be-

fore being stitched together, are dampened or soaked, and then stretched, pressed, or hammered over a former until they assume a conical or elevated appearance, as shown in the various iigures at C, or into any appropriate shape. They are then permitted to dry, {ixing their form, and are afterward sewed together, as shown at aand b, the line of stitching at a being at the base ot' the elevation, and the line b at or near the outer edge of the tlange c around said base. By this means an elevated or conical winker, which will not come in contact with the horses eye, will be formed, 

